JUNGIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS · THE NETHERLANDS AND ONLINE
We might start with wanting to break through patterns that inhibit us, but in most cases, a deeper longing lies underneath.
Most people who seek therapy carry an inherent longing to return to something more whole, to make sense of life and feel more connected. More connected to self, and also to the world around us, to something larger than ourselves.
This longing can show up alongside frustration, anger, sadness, restlessness, depression, isolation, addiction, problems in intimacy and sexuality, burn-out or anxiety. We might get annoyed with the way we have built our lives and feel the need for space. All we do know, is that life cannot continue as it used to.
Jungian psychoanalysis is a depth psychology that offers a different way of listening, a way that can lead you from self-connection to feeling more connected to life itself.
I offer Jungian psychoanalysis in Dutch and English, in person and online, with a particular focus on women moving through defining transitions in their lives.
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A different way of listening
The immediate difficulty matters, and so does the deeper question it may be carrying: what has been left unlived, silenced or protected, and what is asking for our attention?
We are layered and many-sided, shaped by personal experience as well as inherited and collective patterns. We live mostly from our conscious ego, knowing what ‘I must do, I need, I want.’
This conscious ego is only a fraction of who we are. It is the boat that sails the seas of the unconscious. The sea of the unconscious is both our personal unlived lives, our repressed experiences, as well as the vast collective of experiences and information that makes up the world. Dreams, images, relationships and recurring situations can bring these different layers into view, widening our understanding of ourselves and of the world in which our lives are embedded.
Working with women
I work particularly with women whose existing ways of living, relating or understanding themselves no longer hold. This may arise around sexuality, work, motherhood, relationships, loss, (peri)menopauze, existential questions, or a transition that has disturbed an established identity.
Sandplay Therapy
When experience has not yet found words, Sandplay may complement Jungian analysis through image, symbol and the physical movement of the sand. It is offered to adults in person.
I am a Jungian Analyst and Sandplay therapist in training, working in Dutch and English. My approach has developed through more than fifteen years of study, practice and research across behavioural neuroscience, ecology and Jungian psychology. This allows me to work with clinical clarity while remaining open to the symbolic, creative and mystical dimensions of the psyche.
I work with women and men, with a particular focus on women between mid-twenties and mid-sixties who are moving through defining changes in their lives.
Meet Suzanne Schreve
“After engaging in several forms of therapy, including treatment within mental health services, my work with Suzanne was the first to reach the depth I had been seeking. Her Jungian approach is complemented by clarity, attentiveness and genuine care.”
Beginning Jungian analysis
You do not need to arrive with a complete account of what is wrong. A brief introductory conversation offers space for your questions and allows us to consider whether working together would be suitable.
Sessions take place in Dutch or English, in Vorden, Zutphen or online.
